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I made art growing up in Venezuela, took studio classes as an undergraduate, and continued to find creative outlets while working at my first career in environmental law. I was lucky enough to do what I loved, protecting the oceans at the U.S. Department of Justice and the non-profit group Oceana. Now I'm even luckier to be painting, writing and drawing for kids.

I was selected the 2013 New Voices Award winner and my debut picture book, A MORNING WITH GRANDPA, illustrated by Christina Forshay (Lee & Low Books) is available now. I also write middle grade novels. My work-in-progress, JACKED, is an #ownvoices science fiction/ cyberpunk story.

I help run Kidlit411, a resource website for kid lit authors and illustrators, named by Writers Digest as one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers.I can be found elsewhere on the nets: